CNN host Piers Morgan, who was the editor of the Daily Mirror at the time Mills’s voicemails were allegedly hacked, has come under fire for openly admitting he heard one of the messages.

In a 2006 piece for Daily Mail, Morgan said he heard “a tape of a message Paul had left for Heather on her mobile phone.”

He continued, “It was heartbreaking. The couple had clearly had a tiff, Heather had fled to India, and Paul was pleading with her to come back. He sounded lonely, miserable and desperate, and even sang ‘We Can Work It Out’ into the answerphone.”

Before the inquiry last year, Morgan admitted that he heard the voicemail on a tape, but would not say how or where. He has denied any involvement in phone hacking.

When asked, Mills said she never authorized Morgan or any other journalists to listen to her voicemail.